Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-27
RAPID WORK.
The Manitoba Line Covered with
Graders Between Great Falls
and Fort Bento

1t is difficult to ~rea1s.e that the great
Manitoba extension is so near completed.
Less than four months eco, when fle
first shovelful of dit w sthrown west OF
Minot. in our sister territory OF Dakota,
the wise ones shook their heads despite
the assurance of Mr.. Hill and his associ-
ates that the line would be completed to
Gre. t Falls in September. 1t was con-
sidered a railroad yarn, and practically
beyond the resources of brains and money
to cary out. but the work OF the past few
months hive developed the fact that Mr..
Htll we'll knew what he was talking
about.
SATURDAY woEK WAS BEGUN
this side of Fort Benton, and within ten
DAYS the line between This place end Fort
Benton will be covered by a continuous
line OF graders, who are under contract to
complete the grade within thirty days. A
Il sc ortft moved so Bulls Fed to-G.y,
w,ete conside: cole heavy WORK Will have
to be done. No mo e tnan $1,000 yards
oil dirt handling islet 20 one outfit, SO that
fhe woig may be facilitated as much as
possible. At Portage coulee Il large bridge
will have to be e, eeted, and the engineers
have let the contract for the timber, which
will he furnished by our lumber dealers,
aud will be-on the ground in a few weeks.
4 for e of men and teams are at work
draining the large lake or the bench just
mouth of town, through which the road
will run. The
END OF THE TRACK NY
is now ct the second crossing of Milk river,
which is about two hu ldred miles west OF
Greet Falls. IN the Milk Eiverv eiley, the
contractor intend to eclipse any previous
record in the laying of steel. and to do so
will be com oetled to lay II miles per day,
which they confidently expect to do.
From Assinaboine 70 Benton tie tenn
porary grade IS rapidly approaching con-
oletian. and as fast as one ,asntraetor com
nietes his st.tiol, he moves his size OF
Ben4on.
4 contractor Informed the writer that
teams aud men would cover the eat e
line between Benton sad Great lis at
= one tine. A number of the contractor
viii visit out ci Y tha"oming week. None
of 1.-THE laborers will be paid unl'l they reach
this city.
ON no DAY
The graders are arriving. All day re-
po1 IS have been received of the advan' G
OF the graders to this ioctlity. Mr.. Me
K;vor, who has done a le1ge amount of
8 aiding, was in town to-asy. He says
tat there are 100 graders and 80 TENS
tan mile nom here. He c.me with his
outfit about 200 miles and halted at 2S-Mlle
Sorings- where he will BEGIN work at
once. heswiil have another outfit soon
ten miles from here.
MANY graders have aIIived II the neigh
borhood on their WV % tae !9re de. >ad
some ere nosted beyond the hills at the
other side OF the river.
It apne3rs from the st.fement OF fhe
graders that az soon az tAey ale re4dy Tor
work they lepo. 10 Mr.. Smith at Folt
Z afon who h. proaieH o. tue route be-
TO- Sim. He assicas men from the e
profile 2""ott.ng TO me wo k md their
equipment. fae men move with milit r.
precision % me pieces 9 aligned them.
Some western te.t4ls ,. We been ordered
ba~k as tileIe are enough ct ilynd To- the
work 70 be done.
The fame OF the Msni,oba roo enc its
contractors is being expended bv the MD
work which his been II so far. This
NAV he seen by the article appended tom
the ST. Paul Pho, s@r Pre- :.
All The 9 .deis e.. ,oeess sorpr,, e at the
bright Prog e@sive epDeoivnce OF Gre"t
Falls.